Let's see what the main player has to say about open source: http://www.esriuk.com/software/open/open-source
"As part of Esri’s technology and business strategy, we release and support open-source software. We have shared 350+ open-source projects on the developer collaboration platform GitHub. We also provide many focused open-source solutions for customizing and extending ArcGIS." This can be considered "open washing" because most, if not all, of the "open-source solutions" still *require* a proprietary GIS. Its been a while since I nosed round ESRI's github, but this appears to not require ArcGIS: https://github.com/Esri/geometry-api-java has anyone compared its performance with the JTS? - https://github.com/locationtech/jts - assuming its functionality is similar... Barry On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:02 AM Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > > I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org > > Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. > Derived from 'greenwashing.' > > > Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and open-licensing for > marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary practices. > > > I am trying to understand the impact of this in GIS. Is there any examples of > GIS Vendors using this OpenWashing? > > > Best wishes, > > > Suchith > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and > attachment. > > Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not > necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored > where permitted by law. > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
